61. STONE'S PHEASANT. 



Phasianus elegans, ELLIOT. 



MALE : Lower plumage dark steel-blue. 



FEMALE : Lower plumage buff with 

 black crescentic bars. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : None known. 



THIS beautiful Pheasant inhabits the pro- 

 vince of Sechuen in Southern China, and 

 was brought to notice about 1870 by Mr. 

 Stone, who succeeded in bringing two 

 live specimens to London. 



About the same time Dr. Anderson 

 met with this Pheasant at Momein in the 

 province of Yunnan, at an elevation of 

 5000 feet. He informs us that it is 

 common on the grassy hills round Momein. 



Quite recently, Lieut. H. R. Wallis 

 procured a cock-bird of this species in 

 the Northern Shan States and generously 

 presented the skin to the British Museum. 

 He obtained it in December at an ele- 

 vation of about 5000 feet. The precise 

 locality where Lieut. Wallis shot the bird is 

 in 23 45' north latitude and 99 15' east 

 longitude. 



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